Federal News Network – 9/20/24 – Legislation to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset is nearing the finish line. Just over a week after it was filed, a discharge petition for the Social Security Fairness Act has reached the 218-signature threshold it needs to force a House floor vote. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), an original cosponsor for the bill, said it’s a major milestone. “We are closer than we have ever been,” Spanberger said during a press conference Thursday morning. But with agency spending levels for fiscal 2025 still unresolved, the legislation is unlikely to see movement until at least November. And even if the House passes it, the bill still faces a battle on the Senate side as well. If enacted, the Social Security Fairness Act would eliminate both WEP and GPO, which reduce and sometimes eliminate Social Security benefits for certain federal retirees and other public servants.